World

also referred to as: the world

7 statements across 5 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Chandra Krintz · said 4 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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brought up most by Alex Blania (3), Ben Horowitz (1)

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Jul 15, 2017 negative
Assertion Contradicted
The global supply of arable land is fully exhausted
“There's, the amount of arable land in the world is done. We're, we've used it all.”
Chandra Krintz Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 2:40 Chandra Krintz
Jan 21, 2018
Assertion Partly supported
Strange: Nearly half the global population is unbanked
“By some estimates, almost half of the world is unbanked.”
Angela Strange Jan 21, 2018 ▶ 15:55 The Next 3 Billion in Financial Services
Dec 20, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Robbins: Statistically measured global human violence is at its lowest historical level
“We actually have the least amount of violence in the world, if you measure it, that's ever been.”
Tony Robbins Dec 20, 2023 ▶ 14:39 Tony Robbins on the Future of Health & Longevity
Oct 8, 2025 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: Falling Behind China in AI Development Is Extremely Dangerous
“China's not gonna have that kind of restriction and you getting behind in AI, I think would be very dangerous for the world.”
Ben Horowitz Oct 8, 2025 ▶ 28:05 Sam Altman on Sora, Energy, and Building an AI Empire
Apr 2, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Blania: World has reached 18 million verified users and 40 million total
“We are now at. Eighteen million users that are verified. Forty million in total in the app.”
Alex Blania Apr 2, 2026 ▶ 25:01 How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer | Alex Blania on a16z
Apr 2, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Blania: World will direct 90% of company effort to the US
“So I think over the next year, 90% of the, you know, effort of the company is just gonna go about the US.”
Alex Blania Apr 2, 2026 ▶ 25:38 How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer | Alex Blania on a16z
Apr 2, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Blania: World splits iris data across servers to avoid central databases
“And how we approach that is we have multi-party computation. And so that essentially means that, so in our case, when you verify with an orb. You know, we take all these pictures they get computed on the device, and then they actually get split up in multiple …”
Alex Blania Apr 2, 2026 ▶ 13:11 How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer | Alex Blania on a16z
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